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Italian PM urges politicians to safeguard citizens' interests
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IANS | 21 Mar, 2018
Italian politics are "in a
transitional phase" and it is crucial to keep "the general interests of
citizens" to the fore at this time, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said
on Tuesday.
"We are in a phase of political transition and it is
essential to always keep the general interests of citizens
centre-stage," Gentiloni said during the presentation at Italy's lower
house of parliament of an annual environmental report.
"Citizens
are asking two at least two things: firstly, not to waste the efforts
made in these years by families and companies to emerge from the
economic crisis.
"They also want us to use the good results
achieved to heal society's still-open wounds and to look to the future -
the coming years, not the next few days," he said.
A new
government has yet to be formed in Italy after a national election on
March 4 failed to produce an outright winner. The populist Five-Star
Movement, which won the largest share of votes, and the far-right League
- the leading party in a conservative coalition that won most
parliamentary seats - both say they have the right to govern.
About
the report, Gentiloni said that growing evidence exists that climate
change is affecting Italy and its rulers need to know the "enormous"
opportunities that the green economy offers in combatting this threat.
"It
is increasingly clear that climate is not merely a global issue
impacting Africa or the Artic but is impacting our own country," he
said.
"It is important that those who have the responsibility of
governing Italy - at all levels - be aware of this threat and of the
enormous opportunities it presents," Gentiloni said, adding that a
low-carbon economy plays to Italy's strengths and can boost rather than
cause unemployment.
"The green economy doesn't take away jobs and
has the potential to create new ones. This is a sector in which Italy
is highly competitive," he said.
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